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Weimar controversies : explorations in popular culture with Siegfried Kracauer /

In the Weimar Republic, popular culture was the scene of heated controversies that tested the limits of national cohesion. How could marginal figures like a stigmatized villager, a grub street writer, or an advocate for nudism become flashpoints of political conflicts? Peter S. Fisher draws on Siegf...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fisher, Peter S., 1952- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bielefeld : Transcipt Verlag, [2020]
Colección:Culture & theory ; v. 224.
Edition Kulturwissenschaft.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Chapter One. Occultism: Empowerment or Menace?
  • Chapter Two. Colportage: Harmless Pleasure or Dangerous Diversion?
  • Chapter Three. The Schund Law: Defending Morality or Undermining Freedom?
  • Chapter Four. Detective Pulps: Modeling Justice or Glamorizing Crime?
  • Chapter Five. Nudism: Weimar Renaissance or National Degeneration?